On Thursday, 10 August 2023, His Eminence Metropolitan Daniel of Tokyo and All Japan (Moscow Patriarchate) fell asleep in the lord at the age of 85 years. His Eminence was born as Ikuo Noushiro in Toyohashi, Japan on September 5, 1938. In 1956, he embraced Orthodoxy, taking the name Judas in honour of the Apostle…

On Thursday, 10 August 2023, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew officiated at the Service of the Supplicatory Canon to the Theotokos at the Church of Panagia Koumariotissa of the Neochorion Community. His Eminence Metropolitan Athenagoras of Kydonia warmly welcomed and addressed His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, whom in turn thanked Metropolitan Athenagoras and addressed the…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will preside over the feast day celebrations of the Dormition of the Theotokos at the Historical Holy Monastery of Panagia Soumela in Pontus, on the 15th of August, 2023. On the eve of the feast, Monday 14 August 2023, the Great Vespers of the feast will be celebrated in the…

On 10 August 2023, the representative of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon, who arrived in Ukraine at the invitation of Metropolitan Epiphaniy of Kyiv and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, met with the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine at his residence in the St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery. Metropolitan…

The Holy Sepulchre Brotherhood sadly announces the death of Monk Panteleimon Andronikos, of Saint Savva’s Lavra, which happened today, Thursday, July 28/August 10, 2023, in Kythera, where he was born, possibly from a heart attack at sea. The deceased practised for years in the holy Lavra of Saint Savva the Sanctified by his Elder and…

The Dormition Fast is a favourable time for prayer, especially to the Mother of God, who is “a merciful intercessor and mediatress for mankind.” Basilca.ro offers you a collection of 15 quotes about the Mother of God selected from the sermons of Patriarch Daniel: The Mother of God is the one from whom the eternal…

A street in the Ukrainian city of Chernivtsi could be renamed to honour the Holy Hierarch Jacob of Putna, Metropolitan of Moldavia, BucPress news agency reported, citing Molody Bukowinec newspaper. According to the cited source, local authorities intend to rename approximately 40 streets whose names are still related to the history of Soviet space. “We…

The destruction of another beautiful area of our country has struck, with raging fires in Maui, Hawaii, forcing evacuations and causing widespread loss of homes and structures. There are three fires impacting various parts of Maui: Lahaina, Kula and Kihei, all of which are suffering as a result of an unprecedented meteorological event brought on…

The lovely new Gardens of St. Barbara were dedicated in a ceremony held Earth Day weekend at St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church. After parish priest Father Haralambos Fox spoke to the congregation about the spiritual call to be good stewards of the natural world, church members and guests strolled through the Gardens, now in glorious…